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Purpose, Pretext and Politics: Public Purpose, Discrimination and Motive in the Law of Expropriation

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: Chapter 8 of 20 — part of a research treatise in public international law by S.S.Bukhari (The Scholarly Nexus, October 2026), examining ICJ jurisdiction and procedure, expropriation and investment protection, targeted sanctions, the law of the sea, refugee protection, and the formation of customary international law. Libya's retaliatory nationalisation of BP and the cumulative BP v. Libya holding: a public-purpose condition universally recited but never decisive alone, whose real work is compelling articulation, fixing the State to its reasons, and measuring nexus and excess.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23475202

Author: Bukhari, S.S.

Language: English

Topic: International Arbitration and Investment Law

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7222937717

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